Phil Jackson won NBA titles as a player and a coach. He'll now try winning as an executive.

And this quest will take him back to where his career began.

Jackson has agreed to run the New York Knicks' front office and will be formally introduced by the team at a news conference at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday morning, a person familiar with the negotiations between the 11-time champion coach and the franchise told the Associated Press on Friday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Knicks would only confirm that a "major announcement" involving team executives was scheduled. Jackson also did not make any immediate public comment, but the move had been expected for several days - and was practically confirmed earlier this week by Knicks player Carmelo Anthony, who said he had heard the Hall of Fame coach was "coming on board."

Jackson had been courted by clubs before, and fans in Los Angeles clamored for him to return to coaching not long after he left the Lakers after the 2010-11 season. He's largely shunned limelight during this three-year break from work, during which he did things such as working on his health - arthritis pain hampered him toward the end of his coaching career - and released a book chronicling his basketball life.

Denver coach Brian Shaw, who played for Jackson and has been an assistant under him as well, said, "I think he's a basketball lifer, a basketball junkie. I think that with all the success that he's had, what he's learned and his passion for the game, I think it gets boring when you do something like he's done all his life and all of a sudden you're kind of out of the mix."

Jackson was a key part of the 1972-73 Knicks team that topped the Lakers to win the title, but New York hasn't won a championship since.

Clippers 96, Jazz 87:

Blake Griffin had 20 points and Chris Paul shook off a sprained ankle to score 18 points as visiting Los Angeles extended its win streak to 10. ... The Clippers, who forced 20 turnovers that led to 31 points, used a 20-2 second-half run that capitalized on Utah's miscues and poor shot selection to erase a 70-60 third-quarter deficit.

Raptors 99, Grizzlies 86:

Jonas Valanciunas scored a season-high 23 points, Kyle Lowry had 22 points and 12 assists against his former team, and host Toronto won for the 11th time in 14 games.

Suns 87, Celtics 80:

Goran Dragic scored 20 points, and visiting Phoenix scored the last seven to snap a three-game losing streak. ... Eric Bledsoe, in his second game back from knee surgery, had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Nuggets 111, Heat 107:

Kenneth Faried scored 24 points, Darrell Arthur led a 57-point effort by the Denver bench with 18, and the visiting Nuggets won for just the fifth time in their last 18 games. ... Reeling Miami, meantime, has lost five out of six.

Spurs 119, Lakers 85:

Danny Green had 15 points to lead host San Antonio to its ninth straight win and its largest ever over Los Angeles.

Wizards 105, Magic 101:

John Wall had 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Washington snapped a seven-game losing streak in Orlando.

Bobcats 105, Timberwolves 93:

Al Jefferson had 25 points and 16 rebounds, and host Charlotte won its eighth straight at home.

Pacers 101, 76ers 94:

Paul George scored 25 points and David West had 18 to help visiting Indiana send Philadelphia to its 19th straight loss, seven shy of Cleveland's NBA record.